Title
The el-Nabih underground cistern in Alexandria
Caption
The el-Nabih underground cistern in Alexandria, The city's cisterns were built during the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods to store drinking water. Today out of the original 500 cisterns only el-Nabih is accessible. View of higher level arches just below modern-day street level. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. circa 9th C AD. Alexandria.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ N.J. Saunders
Date
Aug 06, 2008
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A40_143
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
17,2Mb (2,9Mb) / 10,0in x 6,7in / 3008 x 2000 (300dpi)